Karl Bruckner (January 9, 1906 – October 25, 1982) was an Austrian children's writer.

Committed to peace, international understanding, and social justice, he became one of Austria's leading writers for young people.^[1]

Life

The son of a printer, Bruckner grew up in the Viennese suburb of Ottakring and became a motor mechanic. He began to write in 1946. He travelled widely.

Awards

• the City of Vienna Children's Book Prize – 1954 for Giovanna und der Sumpf
• Austrian Children's Book Prize – 1956 for Die Strolche von Neapel
• the City of Vienna Youth Book Prize – 1957 for Der goldene Pharao
• Austrian Children's Book Prize – 1961 for Sadako will leben ('The Day of the Bomb')

Books

• Giovanna und der Sumpf (1954)
• Die Strolche von Neapel (1955)
• The Golden Pharaoh (English translation, 1959)
• Viva Mexico (1962)
• The Day of the Bomb (1962) (English translation of Sadako will leben, (Sadako wants to live) (1961), published in more than 122 countries and in 22 languages )
• Nur zwei Roboter? (1963) (translated in English as Hour of the Robots by Frances Lobb, 1964 )
• Yossi und Assad (1971)
• Der Sieger (1973)
• Tuan im Feuer (1977)
• Die Spatzenelf (2000)